ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6204382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Earlimart, California

Mean one-way trip27.3 min±6.8 min MOE
Worked from home1.7%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone70.5%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.0 min → 27.3 min▲ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 1.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone53.1% → 70.5%▲ 17.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.5% ±5.7 pp
Carpool27.6% ±9.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp
Work from home1.7% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 2,260 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,214± 980 MOE
Workers age 16+2,260± 366 MOE
Workers with travel time2,222± 355 MOE
Estimated home workers38± 46 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.